Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal

The Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (Nepali: लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी, lit. 'Democratic Socialist Party'), is the sixth largest political party in Nepal. The party was officially announced and registered at Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021.[1][2] Mahantha Thakur is the president of the new party.[3] As of August 2021, the party is a junior ally in the Nepali Congress-led Deuba government along with CPN(Maoist Centre), PSP-N, and CPN-UML(Socialist).[4] The party's election symbol is a bicycle.[5]

Loktantrik Samajbadi Party
लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी
PresidentMahantha Thakur
Founded18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)
Split fromPSP-N
HeadquartersBabarmahal, Kathmandu
Student wingLokrantrik Bidyarhi Sangh
IdeologySocial democracy
Madheshi rights
Political positionCentre-left
House of Representatives
13 / 275
National Assembly
1 / 59
Pradesh Sabha
17 / 550
Election symbol

History

Registration

The President of Nepal issued the second ordinance to amend the Political Parties Act on 18 August 2021.[6][7] This opened the way to formalize the splits inside the dispute between two factions of Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal. The faction of party led by Mahantha Thakur, which had a long dispute with party chairman Upendra Yadav, registered their party with the Election Commission.[8] At the time of the launch, the Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal (Loktantrik) claimed to have 15 members in the two national houses of parliament.[9][10]

A Central Committee with 24 members was announced as well.[11]

Presence in legislature
Parliament Parliamentary Party Leader Pratinidhi Sabha Rastriya Sabha
1st Federal Parliament of Nepal Mahantha Thakur[12]
13 / 275
1 / 59

Provincial Assemblies
Province No. of members Position Parliamentary party leader
Province No. 2
16 / 107
 3rd Jitendra Prasad Sonal[13]
Sudurpaschim province
1 / 53
 5th Krishna Chaudhary

See also

References
  1. "Online Khabar". Online Khabar. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. "Aided by Deuba ordinance, dissidents split two parties". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. पाठ, भुवन शर्मा काठमाडौँ ३ भाद्र २०७८ ३ मिनेट. "ठाकुरको अध्यक्षतामा जसपा लोकतान्त्रिक". nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. Online, T. H. T. (18 July 2021). "PM Sher Bahadur Deuba wins trust vote in House of Representatives, secures 165 votes". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. "'जसपा लोकतान्त्रिक' दर्ता गर्ने तयारी गर्दै ठाकुर पक्ष, चुनाव चिह्न भने 'साइकल'!". www.hamropatro.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. Online, T. H. T. (18 August 2021). "President Bhandari issues ordinance to amend Political Parties Act". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. Republica. "Prez Bhandari issues 'party-split' ordinance". My Republica. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. "ठाकुर समूहको पार्टीको नाम 'जसपा नेपाल लोकतान्त्रिक'". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. "महन्थ ठाकुरको अध्यक्षतामा जसपा नेपाल (लोकतान्त्रिक) पार्टी गठन, चुनाव चिन्ह साइकल". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. "Madhav Kumar Nepal, Mahantha Thakur register new parties; commission's approval likely in 2 weeks - OnlineKhabar English News". Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  11. "यस्तो छ जसपा (लोकतान्त्रिक)को २४ सदस्यीय कार्यकारिणी समिति". www.hamropatro.com. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  12. "महन्थ नेतृत्वको नयाँ पार्टीमा क-कसले गरे सनाखत [सूचीसहित]". Lokaantar (in Nepali). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  13. "Satrudhan Mahato picked as new parliamentary party leader of NCP in Province 2". KathmanduPati. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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